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nittd ,States CHARLES B. BARLOW, OF PORTSMOUTH, vNEW HAMPSHIRE.;

Leners Patent No. 95,969, dated amber 19, 1869.

-dnv-h--n- GAME.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may' concern Beit known that I, CHARLES B. BAnLow, of Portsmouth, in'the county of Rockingham, and State of N ew Hampshire, have inven ted a new and valuable Improvement in Games; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l, of the drawings, is a representation of the implements of play used in my game as arranged on the ground. v

Figure 2 is aview of the mallet.

Figure 3, central ball or joker.

Figure 4, playing-balk Figure 5, .stake and swinging balls.

Figure 6, wicket-piu.

Figure 7, score-table.

My invention relates to field-sports, and consists mainly in a game to be played, with suitable implements, on a lawn or smooth piece of ground.

'Iheimplemeuts of' play consist of six stakes, marked A'in the drawings, each havingaJ cross-bar on top, from each end-ot` which depends a ball, B, touching t e ground; twelve wicket-pins, C; six playing-balls, D; six mallets, l; one large ball for centre of circle, marked F; one starting-post, G; and six score-tables, H.

In arranging the ground for play, thecross-bar stakes `A should be placed in a circle'of from six to twelve feet in diameter, at the option of the players; the stakes. at equal distances apart.

The wicket-pins C are arranged, in pairs, in front of and three feet from each stake'A, and the `two pins forming 'a pair eight inches from each other.

The starting-post is placed six feet from wicket No. 1, directly in front.

' Wckets are numbered from 1 to 6, counting from left to right. Cross-bar stakes the same.

The balls depending from the cross-bars are numbered from 1 to 12, counting from left to' right.

4-Clhe game is thus scored: Running each 'wicket` .scores one; each cross-bar stake, two; each swinging ball, three; the centre ball or joker, ten.

" Rules of the Game.

' ing-post.

Second. If wicket,vstake, ball, and-joker are made in succession, the player calls joker, and the umpire scores'the game twenty, and the player continues his play for position for running wicket No. 2, and so on around the circle.

Third. All calls for joker count twenty-three, with exception of the call for joker of the first wicket, stake, and ball, which counts twenty.

Fourth After' making the last joker, play for ball No. 12, and finish by hitting the starting-post. The player tlien becomes a tease, and can play upon any ball upon the ground, keeping back his opponents from position, and assisting his partners.

Fifth. Any player can drive an opponents ball out of position, it' struck by the playing-ball while making his tour of play; but the salnegball cannot be struck twice during the same,tour, unless the 'playing-ball score a wicket, stake,or swinging ball.

Sixth. Any player making the joker is entitled to one and a half 'mallets length'toward the next wicket to be played for.

Seventh. lAny ball driven from the field can be placed within limits, on. a line with` its former position.

Eighth. The game can be made much more interesting by choosing two leaders, who select partners, one side playing. with the dark, thevother with the light balls. A score-keeper should be selected, to score the game as'playcd. By doing so no altercations can arise, as each player' has a table corresponding in color to his` playing-ball. No allowance can be made for unevenness of ground. All balls must be' i played from where they stop, unless outside the limits.

Ninth. The jokerlnust invariably be made in succession with each Wicket, stake, and swinging balls.

The playing-balls are colored, each with a different color, thus, red, brown, green,`blue, yellow, and White, and each has a mallet, pair of wicket-pins, stake, and swinging balls of same color. A score-table ot' the same color is also provided for each.

'lhe mallet used in my game has a spherical head.

The' central ball or joker has a pin for fixing it in the ground'.

The starting-post has sixrings of colors similar to those of the six playing-balls, to indicate the order of play I have named this game Le Circle.

What I'claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The implements herein described, for playing the game le circle, when constructed, colored, and arranged substantially as specified.

. In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two wit- DESSES.

CHA S. B. BARLOW.

Witnesses: d

J. M. EnMoNDs, Jr., J. M. EnMoNDs.- 

